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September 26, 2025

This edition is sponsored by The Mere Anglicanism Conference

Today’s Briefing

Reformed preacher and author Voddie Baucham died last week at age 56.

Ministering near a popular spot for suicide in Japan, Yoichi Fujiyabu wants his church to be a place where people who contemplate ending their lives can encounter God’s love.

Playful and fan-focused, the Savannah Bananas bring a sense of heavenly joy to baseball.

Marvin Olasky reflects on the dreams and disappointments that come along with a 162-game baseball season.

Behind the Story

From senior staff writer Emily Belz: We have a baseball-themed edition of the newsletter today, here at the start of the playoffs!

CT archives have topic pages from “prayer” to “atonement,” but we also have “baseball.” An early baseball report in 1974 covered a “Jesus movement” in Major League Baseball, with coaches pushing for chapel services since players couldn’t attend their churches on the road.

“There were two chapel teams at the beginning of the 1973 season: the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago Cubs. The idea caught on, and by the end of this year’s season twenty-two of the twenty-four teams were holding services regularly (the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers are expected to join the fold next year),” reported Edward Plowman at the time.

We wrote about baseball-player-turned-evangelist Billy Sunday and reported on a Christian who set up a Little League in his neighborhood. If you want to enjoy our other baseball archives, feast your eyes. Not only do we have a lot of baseball coverage in our history; we also have a lot of serious baseball fans on our editorial staff.

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In Other News

The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod takes steps to protect the “Operation Barnabas” trademark.
Christian watchdog Open Doors reports a crackdown on Chinese churches that led to 70 arrests.
Swedish churches come together for a pro-life march and open-air prayer services in Zurich.
Why is Pentecostal history so hard?

Today in Christian History

September 29, 1413: Archbishop Arundel condemned Sir John Oldcastle, a follower of John Wycliffe, of heresy. He was given 40 days to recant, during which he escaped and hid in Wales. He remained hidden for a year, until the offer of a large reward prompted someone to betray him. He was then captured and roasted to death.

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in the magazine

The Christian story shows us that grace often comes from where we least expect. In this issue, we look at the corners of God’s kingdom and chronicle in often-overlooked people, places, and things the possibility of God’s redemptive work. We introduce the Compassion Awards, which report on seven nonprofits doing good work in their communities. We look at the spirituality underneath gambling, the ways contemporary Christian music was instrumental in one historian’s conversion, and the steady witness of what may be Wendell Berry’s last novel. All these pieces remind us that there is no person or place too small for God’s gracious and cataclysmic reversal.

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